Massachusetts’ THE ACACIA STRAIN has unveiled the band’s latest video online. The clip for “Angry Mob Justice” was directed by David Brodsky (ALL THAT REMAINS, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THE RED CHORD) in May and is currently available exclusively at Brodsky’s MyGoodEye video production house web site. To coincide with the video’s Internet premiere, MyGoodEye and […]

Pittsburgh, PA-based label A-F Records has set an October 3 release date for a collection of DARKEST HOUR‘s early recordings prior to the band’s signing with Victory. The set will mark DARKEST HOUR‘s ten-year anniversary and will feature over an hour of rare and unreleased material, including three alternate versions of songs from DARKEST HOUR‘s […]

BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION, the Pittsburgh-based hardcore band featuring PRO-PAIN guitarist Eric Klinger, will release its third CD, “The Book of Mourning“, on September 29 via Da’ Core Records.To hear advance tracks, go to www.myspace.com/builtupon.

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, featuring KITTIE drummer Mercedes Lander (a.k.a. Sadie Demon) on lead vocals, has uploaded a demo track, entitled “They’re Coming to Get You Barbara” at this location. A live performance clip of another song can be viewed by clicking here.For more information, visit myspace.com/nightofthedemonswillkillyou.

London, U.K.-based SIKTH has posted its video for the song “Bland St. Bloom” at this location. Directed by Tim Fox using green screen technology, the clip depicts the battle between nature and mankind.SIKTH‘s Bieler Bros. debut, “Death of a Dead Day“, was released on June 6. The CD was produced by members of SIKTH and […]

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were rejoined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell during their headlining appearance Thursday night (August 3) at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The group’s setlist for the show — dubbed “A Night to Remember – A Journey in Time” […]

MTM Music has set a September 22 release date for TNT‘s “Live in Madrid” DVD. The set, which was filmed on April 1, 2006 in Madrid, Spain, will be accompanied by an 82-minute audio CD plus booklet liner notes from ex-TNT vocalist Tony Harnell about his work with the group as well as an additional […]

Steamhammer/SPV are proud to announce the signing of one of the greatest and most acclaimed hard rock acts of all time. November 3, 2006 in Germany and November 6, 2006 in Europe will see the arrival of Whitesnake’s new double live album, Live … In The Shadow Of The Blues, capturing for posterity the infectious […]

GWAR has been pretty busy this summer, most notably destroying town after town on the Sounds of the Underground tour. The band is set to release their most crushing release yet, “Beyond Hell“, on August 29th via DRT Entertainment. An e-card has been made available streaming four tracks off the upcoming album at this location.

THE GATHERING will join forces with GREEN LIZARD for a split single to coincide with the two bands’ appearances at the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary (set to take palce August 9-16). A total of 5,000 copies of this single will be given away exclusively at the festival. GREEN LIZARD‘s contribution to this single will […]